COVID-19 Carves New Facets of Supply Chain Disruption

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been unusually disruptive for the world economy, with retail sales dropping by record amounts and unemployment escalating rapidly. As the crisis response continues to unfold, the editors of Transportation Journal observe that the virus has presented additional nuances of supply chain disruption, and academicians should explore them. Theory development can enhance our understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new and unique challenges. This article examines some areas of logistics that have been initially impacted, discussing them under the topics of transportation capacity, marketing channels, purchasing, inventory and supply, manufacturing, human resources, public private partnerships (PPP), and security.

Publication Title

Transportation Journal

Volume

59

Issue

4

First Page

325

Last Page

334

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.5325/TRANSPORTATIONJ.59.4.0325

ISSN

00411612

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